"I don't want to be the enemy of the world, but the world is against me."

Zhu Houzhao said calmly, with a murderous look on his eyebrows: "They took too many things that they shouldn't take, it's time to spit them out!"

"Isn't Your Majesty afraid of going too far and causing a mutiny?"

"Mutiny, haha..."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but laugh. The thing he was least afraid of in the world was a mutiny.

The nine sides are under his control. As long as the nine sides are not in chaos, who can attack him? Is it the vassal group, the noble group, the civil servant group, or the gentry group in Jiangnan who only talk nonsense?

Li Dongyang suddenly realized, yes, other emperors may be afraid of mutiny, but Zhu Houzhao would never. Controlling the nine-sided army is equivalent to having all the right to speak. Anyone who disobeys will be destroyed!

Those with soldiers are the ones who control the overall situation.

In fact, as early as the beginning of this invisible war, the various power groups had no hope of winning.

"When did Your Majesty start laying out the plan?"

Li Dongyang asked in disbelief.

"It started a long time ago!"

Zhu Houzhao looked a little sad, it was not easy for him to reach this point!

When he first took office, he was hampered by obstacles everywhere. He had complete control over Jinyiwei and the East and West factories. After seizing some power from the three giants in the cabinet at the time, he had many plans, but without exception, they all ended in failure.

He wanted to go to sea and engage in colonization or something, but Liu Daxia destroyed the manufacturing blueprints of the Ming Dynasty treasure ships, navigation information, and information about overseas countries, and the colonial plan came to an end.

He wanted to delve into the art of studying things, and study artillery, guns, and warships, but the result was even more despairing. Without professional technical personnel and certain data parameters, just wanting to reach the sky in one step was simply a daydream. He invested a lot of money and reaped the rewards.

But it's a bunch of bullshit. The artillery produced either has a substandard range or explodes on a large scale.

He wanted to reform the army, but as a result, both the nobles and the civil servants were unanimously opposed. One of them wanted to take advantage of the army, and the other did not want the military generals to stand up against him again, so the reform of the army was stillborn.

After repeated failures, Zhu Houzhao deeply understood that in this era, many of his ideas were not feasible. If he wanted to make a difference, he had to change and completely change the Ming Dynasty. Only then did he

It is possible to achieve his dominion over the world.

That’s why we have the layout of these years, defeating the grassland, attacking Fusang, suppressing the southwestern chieftains, using the excuse of King Ning’s rebellion to clean up the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, and defeating the coastal wealthy families. These are all preludes to the reform. Through several major actions

, he controlled the nine sides, accumulated a lot of wealth, and laid the foundation for the reform.

From the very beginning of the reform, he had succeeded for the most part. After several attacks, his power was greatly reduced, and his influence was gradually suppressed by the young officials headed by Wang Yangming. The various forces could no longer resist his will. Even if they could make a fuss for a while,

It cannot withstand the crushing force of the overwhelming momentum.

As for why he didn't attack the three major battalions of the capital in the first place, but chose Jiubian, the reason is also very simple. The three major battalions are already terrible, so what if he masters them? How can a group of veteran soldiers achieve great things.

Secondly, to prevent all forces from jumping over the wall and colluding with foreign enemies to cause chaos. They can definitely do such a thing. Only by controlling the nine sides and completely suppressing the foreign enemies can he relax and carry out reforms.

Mastering the nine sides was the top priority of his reform. Only Wang Yangming knew the whole process. It was precisely because of this that whether it was an expedition to the grasslands, an attack on Fusang, or a suppression of the southwestern chieftains, Wang Yangming led the troops, and only Wang Yangming led the troops.

Only then can he help him control Jiubian.

Jiubian, Jinyiwei, the East and West factories, as well as the Xinxue disciples who were placed as officials in various places and advocated the unity of knowledge and action, were the greatest confidence for him to dare to overthrow the political system left by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di and carry out reforms.

"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of backlash?"

Li Dongyang asked again. He seemed to have forgotten the purpose of coming to see Zhu Houzhao. He just wanted to hear what kind of shocking plan his student was brewing.

"Afraid......"

Zhu Houzhao smiled incomprehensibly.

Any reform will definitely touch the interests of the old forces. Once they are counterattacked, the consequences will be disastrous. Shang Yang of the pre-Qin Dynasty and Anshi, the king of the pre-Song Dynasty, all ended in misery.

The typical example is here. How could he not know that the reform would be met with crazy backlash from the old forces, but he was not afraid, and neither was Wang Yangming. He wanted to rule the world, and Wang Yangming wanted to realize his ideals and pursuits. What is there to be afraid of?

All the forces on the other side are withered bones in their graves, and will only be crushed by the general trend led by them. There will be no second possibility.

An emperor who dominates the world and claims to be his destiny, a living saint who is unparalleled in talent and learning, and who is not inferior to Confucius and Mencius, if he can't even play with a group of people who say they are smart or not, or stupid, they are not stupid.

However, they should find a knife and kill themselves, as there is no point in living.

"Your Majesty is already destined to be your destiny, so why go through such a risky move?"

Li Dongyang looked bitter. He personally taught what it was like to be a student who could completely destroy the civil service group. Now he has tried it!

Jiubian was controlled by Zhu Houzhao, and officials from all over the country quietly became scholars of Wang Yangming's lineage, with neither civil or military advantages. Under such circumstances, how could the civil service group be Zhu Houzhao's opponent.

The old gentry of the pre-Qin Dynasty were the role models for the civil service group.

"It's destiny, do you believe this, teacher?"

Zhu Houzhao sneered and said: "If I am really destined by fate, then why do everyone in the world want to lie down on Ming Dynasty to suck blood? Why does just a reform make so many people jump up and down anxiously? How many interests are involved in this."

It's okay to fool the people at the bottom with these four words: "Destiny", but in fact, whoever believes it is a fool. Looking at history, nine out of ten emperors who believe in "Destiny" are trash, and only trash will borrow money.

The illusory destiny is to consolidate his power.

Zhu Houzhao is obviously not a fool, let alone a waste. He does not believe in destiny, he only believes in himself.

"well......"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's attitude of leaving no room for negotiation, Li Dongyang took a long sigh and put back his inner thoughts of persuading Zhu Houzhao to let go of the civil service group.

Zhu Houzhao would never let go of the Civil Service Group easily. After all, among the many cancers of the Ming Dynasty, the Civil Service Group ranked second with the feudal clan group. If he let go of the Civil Service Group easily, then Zhu Houzhao would reform.

What's the point?

Reform always requires the sacrifice of human life. The vassal group is descended from the Ming royal family no matter what. Zhu Houzhao can suppress it, but cannot kill wantonly, so the civil servant group becomes the best sacrifice.


Chapter completed!